Three young men were killed in Coker after crashing into a large work truck. A Moundville man was killed 20 minutes later when his motorcycle hit a deer that was crossing Alabama Highway 69 South.

Johnny Channell, Jared Porter and Brandon Campbell, all 23, died at the scene of the accident on U.S. Highway 82 and Sam Sutton Road. Timmy Barrett, 50, was killed in the motorcycle crash.

In the Coker crash, Northport Police investigators said that Channell was driving south on Sam Sutton Road in a Ford F150 at 6:49 p.m.. A witness said that he ran through a stop sign while traveling around 30 miles per hour, Northport Police Chief Robert Green said Thursday morning.

The truck collided with a Ford F650 work truck that was traveling west on Highway 82 at around 55 miles per hour, Green said. The three young men were killed when they were ejected from the truck.

“The southbound vehicle bust into flames after coming to rest,” Green said. “The occupants of the southbound vehicle did not receive an burn injuries as a result of the explosion.”

The men died from the injuries they received when they were thrown from the truck, he said.

“This accident is still under investigation and my thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones left behind by the victims,” Green said.

Channell lived in Buhl, Porter lived in Coker and Campbell lived in Elrod.

Alabama State Troopers are investigating the motorcycle crash. Barrett was driving a 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle and was about three and a half miles north of Moundville near the 135 mile marker when he struck the deer, said Trooper spokesman Trooper John Reese.

Law enforcement authorities are still conducting investigations in each of the crashes.